linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH] staging: vt6656: make spin_lock

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Message-ID: <20140506083709.GS26890@mwanda>
Date:	Tue, 6 May 2014 11:37:10 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	forest@...ttletooquiet.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] staging: vt6656: make spin_lock_irq() human
 readable

On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 07:58:39AM +0200, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
> Don't require FIRMWAREbDownload() to, first off, unlock a held lock.
> Thus do all locking in main_usb.c and hold it for a insignificantly
> shorter period of time. This makes the affected area significantly more
> readable though.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

regards,
dan carpenter

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